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WORLD WAR I — WESTERN FRONT

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PERIOD: 1914-1918 REGION: Western Europe

The trench-warfare stalemate from Belgium to Switzerland, 1914-1918.

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MATCH 12
Red Poppies Campaigns: The Battles for Ypres
Red Poppies Campaigns: The Battles for Ypres

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2016

WT 2.9/5 2–2P 1440MIN RTG 7.7
Part of this war
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MATCH 02
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory

GMT Games

1999

WT 3.8/5 2–2P 480MIN RTG 8.1

Card-driven grand strategic game of World War I. One of the most acclaimed wargames ever made.

Same era
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MATCH 02
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno

Hexasim

2018

WT 2.6/5 2–2P 240MIN RTG 8.5

Detailed simulation of the 10-month Battle of Verdun using area-impulse system.

Same era
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MATCH 02
The Lamps Are Going Out
The Lamps Are Going Out

Compass Games

2018

WT 2.6/5 2–4P 240MIN RTG 7.7

Grand strategic WWI game covering the entire conflict from 1914-1918.

Same era
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MATCH 02
The Great War
The Great War

GMT Games

2017

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 60MIN RTG 7.8

Commands & Colors system applied to WWI Western Front tactics. Mud, wire, gas, and machine guns make this a tactically distinctive entry in the C&C family — infantry assaults feel appropriately brutal...

Same era
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MATCH 02
1914 Deluxe: Hell Unleashed
1914 Deluxe: Hell Unleashed

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2021

WT 2.8/5 2–2P

Designed by Mike Nagel

Same era
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MATCH 02
1914: Nach Paris
1914: Nach Paris

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2022

WT 3.9/5 1–2P

Designed by Bertrand Munier

Same era
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MATCH 02
2nd Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the North Atlantic
2nd Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the North Atlantic

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1986

WT 3.4/5 1–2P

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski

Same era
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MATCH 02
A Victory Complete: The Battle of Tannenberg, 1914
A Victory Complete: The Battle of Tannenberg, 1914

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2011

WT 2.3/5 2–2P

Designed by Magnus Nordlöf

Same era
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MATCH 02
Assault on Gallipoli
Assault on Gallipoli

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2022

WT 2.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Kieran Oakley, Russell Lowke

Same era
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MATCH 02
Fields of Despair: France 1914-1918
Fields of Despair: France 1914-1918

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2017

WT 3.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Kurt Keckley

Same era
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MATCH 02
Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble
Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

WT 4.1/5 2–4P

Designed by Geoffrey Phipps

Same era
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MATCH 02
Helsinki 1918: German Intervention in the Finnish Civil War
Helsinki 1918: German Intervention in the Finnish Civil War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

WT 2.7/5 2–3P

Designed by Hannu Uusitalo

Same era
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MATCH 02
Lock 'N Load: ANZAC Attack
Lock 'N Load: ANZAC Attack

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2013

WT 2.8/5 2–2P

Designed by Jeff Lewis, Mark H. Walker

Same era
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MATCH 02
Lucky Forward: Patton's Third Army in Lorraine
Lucky Forward: Patton's Third Army in Lorraine

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

WT 4.9/5 2–2P

Designed by Joe Youst

Same era
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MATCH 02
No Man's Land: Trench Warfare 1914-1918
No Man's Land: Trench Warfare 1914-1918

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2015

WT 3.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Arnauld Della Siega

Same era
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MATCH 02
Plan 1919: Fuller's Plan to End the Great War
Plan 1919: Fuller's Plan to End the Great War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2017

WT 2.0/5 2–2P

Designed by John Gorkowski

Same era
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MATCH 02
Race to the Sea 1914
Race to the Sea 1914

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2017

WT 2.3/5 2–2P

Designed by Hermann Luttmann

Same era
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MATCH 02
Rock of the Marne
Rock of the Marne

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2008

WT 2.5/5 1–2P

Designed by John Best, Dean Essig

Same era
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MATCH 02
Rostov '41: Race to the Don
Rostov '41: Race to the Don

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

WT 2.4/5 1–2P

Designed by Dean Essig, Lee Forester, Ray Weiss

Same era
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MATCH 02
Southern Front: Race for the Turkish Straits
Southern Front: Race for the Turkish Straits

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1984

WT 3.4/5 2–2P

Designed by Frank Chadwick

Same era
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MATCH 02
Soviet Dawn: The Russian Civil War, 1918-1921
Soviet Dawn: The Russian Civil War, 1918-1921

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2009

WT 1.7/5 1–1P

Designed by Darin A. Leviloff

Same era
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MATCH 02
Tannenberg: Eagles in the East / Galicia: The Forgotten Cauldron
Tannenberg: Eagles in the East / Galicia: The Forgotten Cauldron

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1999

WT 3.1/5 2–2P

Designed by David Schroeder

Same era
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MATCH 02
Where There Is Discord: War in the South Atlantic
Where There Is Discord: War in the South Atlantic

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2010

WT 3.1/5 1–1P

Designed by Daniel Hodges (I)

Same era
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MATCH 02
Tannenberg
Tannenberg

Compass Games

2009

WT 2.3/5 2–2P 180MIN RTG 6.9

Operational simulation of the opening battles on the Eastern Front in 1914.

Same era
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MATCH 02
Jutland (Worthington)
Jutland (Worthington)

Worthington Games

2019

WT 2.9/5 2–10P 360MIN RTG 6.7

Fast-playing naval game of the Battle of Jutland for 2 players.

Same era
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MATCH 02
1914: Twilight in the East
1914: Twilight in the East

GMT Games

2015

WT 4.4/5 2–6P 4000MIN RTG 8.0

Operational game of the opening campaigns on the Eastern Front in 1914.

Same era
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MATCH 02
Guns of August
Guns of August

Avalon Hill

1981

WT 2.1/5 1–2P 180MIN RTG 6.6

Classic grand strategic game of the entire First World War.

Same era
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MATCH 02
Victory at Sea
Victory at Sea

Avalon Hill

1974

WT 2.3/5 2–2P 90MIN RTG 7.1

Classic WWII and WWI naval warfare game covering major fleet engagements.

Same era
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MATCH 02
Atlantic Storm
Atlantic Storm

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1997

WT 2.1/5 2–6P 60MIN RTG 6.5
Same era
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